Battle of Lake Trasimenus, n.
a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius
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Battle of Lepanto, n.
Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope
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Battle of Little Bighorn, n.
a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
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Battle of Magenta, n.
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
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Battle of Maldon, n.
a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
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Battle of Midway, n.
naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
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Battle of Monmouth, n.
a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
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Battle of Monmouth Court House, n.
a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
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Battle of Naseby, n.
a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists
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Battle of Puebla, n.
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Battle of Pydna, n.
a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom
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Battle of Ravenna, n.
a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512
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Battle of Rocroi, n.
a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
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Battle of Wake, n.
in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines
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Battle of Wake Island, n.
in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines
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Battle of Waterloo, n.
the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
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Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, n.
a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise
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Battle of the Bulge, n.
a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise
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Battle of the Little Bighorn, n.
a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
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Battle of the Marne, n.
a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
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Battle of the Somme, n.
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Battle of the Spanish Armada, n.
in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
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Baudelaire, n.
a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)
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Bauhaus, n.
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Bauhinia, n.
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Bauhinia monandra, n.
shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple
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Bauhinia variegata, n.
small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood
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Baum, n.
United States writer of children's books (1856-1919)
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Bavaria, n.
a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
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Bavarian, adj.